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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Whistleblowers Get 'Silenced'

My new piece at The Nation on upcoming film by 2012 Oscar nominee on the federal war on whistleblowers. Yes, I know something about this, having written a book (my first) profiling whistleblowers more than (ouch) thirty years ago...

is author of a dozen books (click on covers at right), including the new "THE TUNNELS: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill." He was the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher. Email: epic1934@aol.com. Twitter: @GregMitch

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is author of a dozen books (click on covers at right), including the new "THE TUNNELS: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill." He was the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher. Email: epic1934@aol.com. Twitter: @GregMitch